A summary: Let's protect people from the ideas and content we think is bad to provide a better platform for our advertisers, then blame our focus on revenue as

A summary: Let's protect people from the ideas and content we think is bad to provide a better platform for our advertisers, then blame our focus on revenue as the reason for why we didn't focus more on censoring the content our advertisers and corporate leadership find offensive, so that we can continue to generate ad revenue, which we call "responsible growth." This article is littered with fascist ideation. Like this line: > “YouTube should never have allowed dangerous conspiracy theories to become such a dominant part of the platform’s culture.” So, this "dangerous" information needs to be removed, since it's apparently harming the public who are assumed to be unable to think for themselves. The same public, who, apparently, likes conspiracy theories. >“The primary goal of our recommendation systems today is to create a trusted and positive experience for our users,” But what if you had a positive experience and were enjoying the way the algorithm populated new and unusual conspiracy videos? Sorry, you're out of luck. But hey, Google is making sure you get "trusted" information now. What a relief! >The company’s lackluster response to explicit videos aimed at kids has drawn criticism from the tech industry itself. The lackluster responsibility in parenting has resulted in explicit videos being aimed at kids by an algorithm that is incapable of discretion. An algo that, apparently, works so well that humans need to modify it so we don't popularize popular content we find offensive. It doesn't matter if information is true or false. YouTube's stance on "objectionable" content with a holier-than-thou-you-can-trust-us-to-filter-content-so-your-toddler-can-mainline-garbage-without-your-input is outrageously disgusting.